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Karen J P Howes

KAREN J P HOWES  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Robert A Freedman Dramatic Agency  (agent: Marta Praeger)


Karen has worked in theater for over 30 years. Her first professional experience was at the age of 12 at the NJ Shakespeare Festival. aside from her many stage appearances, she has been in television shows and in national commercials and documentaries. Her credits as a director for youth are extensive, as is her resume as a writer. Karen authored several plays performed by the academy Theater in atlanta, Georgia and was a finalist in the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. She has had her work read by NJ Playwrights, produced at Stage Door Players in Dunwoody, Georgia and presented at Theater in the Square's alley Theater. She was featured twice in the academy's Three Plays in May series and a winner of Jersey Voices. She has written two musicals, several one acts, five children's shows and 4 full length plays. She also wrote numerous TV programs and documentaries for educational television, and she has had articles published throughout the world. Karen received a degree in Philosophy from the College of William and Mary and is currently working towards an MFa at UC Riverside.

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below is a list of Karen J P Howes's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Day Is A Dancer, The     From The Subduction Zone     Last Flight Of The Mercenary     Pop - Here We Grow Again     Road Kill     Squatters' Rights

Day Is A Dancer, The

Synopsis:
a politically savvy southern household falls apart when a drifter moves to town to teach music at the local high school. Two beautiful sisters, a corrupt politician, a sleepy southern town, and a lone drifter blame each other for the murder of a black man from New Orleans.

Notes:
Single set

1st Produced:
Stage Door Players    1993

Company:
atlanta New Play Workshop

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Music:
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Genre:
Southern drama/comedy

Parts:
Male:  5    Female:  5    Other:  -

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From The Subduction Zone

Synopsis:
Moving in and out of time and distant places, a self-made young man seeks to connect to his rural roots and his family after being away and presumed dead for 15 years. His arrival at his family's Iowa home parallels the destruction of a city in Peru by an earthquake.

Notes:
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Reading NJ Playwrights    -

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Genre:
Full length Comedy/drama

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  5    Other:  1 radio voice

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Last Flight Of The Mercenary

Synopsis:
a cheerful and lighthearted woman and her great dane turn the tables when a wedding at her bed and breakfast is destined to turn into a funeral. While appearing light and romantic, the play is designed to impart a bit of Philosophy, String Theory and Shakespeare.

Notes:
Single unit set.

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  3    Other:  -

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Pop - Here We Grow Again

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
atlanta, Ga and Southeast Tour    -

Company:
academy Theater

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Genre:
Children's

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  2    Other:  -

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Road Kill

Synopsis:
a waiter at a diner has the ability to stop a woman from committing suicide - or not.

Notes:
Finalist in the Maxum Mazumdar New Play Competition

1st Produced:
allleyway Theater, Buffalo, NY    -

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Genre:
One act - comedy

Parts:
Male:  1    Female:  1    Other:  -

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Squatters' Rights

Synopsis:
Explores the effects of homelessness on 3 siblings in a Detroit ghetto

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Genre:
10 minute drama

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  1 teenager    Other:  -

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